Things to know about Dog Meat festival in China

Showing apathy to dogs, Yulin city in China holds an annual cruel festival on the summer solstice devoted to the consumption of dogmeat. The festival this year got huge criticism from across the globe. Celebrities like Ricky Gervais and Gisele Bündchen have rallied behind the viral social media hashtag #StopYulin2015, while an online petition addressed to the Guangxi governor and China's minister of agriculture had gathered millions of signatures by Tuesday.

Below are some facts related to Dog Festival...

Dog meat festival is an annual celebration in China's southern town of Yulin.

The festival itself has no cultural significance, it was invented by dog meat traders in 2010 as a way to boost their flagging business.